| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Australian politician Bob Hawke died. | Death day |
| 2013 | Swiss physicist Heinrich Rohrer died. | Death day |
| 2005 | Sumo wrestler Daiki died. | Death day |
| 2003 | Chess grandmaster from Poland, Bogdan Śliwa died. | Death day |
| 1973 | Chess grandmaster from Bulgaria, Evgeni Janev was born. | Birthday |
| 1970 | Argentine tennis player Gabriela Sabatini was born. | Birthday |
| 1960 | Chess grandmaster from Georgia, Zurab Azmaiparashvili was born. | Birthday |
| 1954 | Astronaut from Canada, Dafydd Williams was born. | Birthday |
| 1950 | German physicist Johannes Georg Bednorz was born. | Birthday |
| 1947 | English biochemist Frederick Gowland Hopkins died. | Death day |
| 1945 | Astronaut from United States, Brewster Shaw was born. | Birthday |
| 1928 | English manufacturer and inventor Frederick Walton died. | Death day |
| 1925 | Brazilian footballer Nílton Santos was born. | Birthday |
| 1923 | American economist Merton Miller was born. | Birthday |
| 1923 | 77 people died in Cleveland school fire at Camden, South Carolina, United States. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1916 | Israeli politician Ephraim Katzir was born. | Birthday |
| 1909 | Austrian-born engineer and physicist Rudolf Kompfner was born. | Birthday |
| 1905 | American actor Henry Fonda was born. | Birthday |
| 1903 | American inventor Charles F. Brannock was born. | Birthday |
| 1883 | Turkish politician Celal Bayar was born. | Birthday |
| 1846 | German inventor Ottomar Anschutz was born. | Birthday |
| 1831 | British-American inventor David Edward Hughes was born. | Birthday |
| 1828 | English inventor Sir William Congreve died. | Death day |
| 1611 | Pope Innocent XI was born. | Birthday |
| 1605 | Papacy of Pope Paul V began. | Papacy began |
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